Jim Gray

Maria Fernanda Godinez, a 22-year-old from Cocoa, was out for a drink with friends at downtown Orlando's Vixen Bar early Tuesday morning when a stray bullet ended her life.

The death of a woman who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time is rekindling discussions about how safe visitors are when they head downtown.

It puts more pressure on police, and on City Hall, which has struggled with trying to expand downtown leisure options beyond the mix of bars and nightclubs that draw late-night crowds of thousands of mostly 20-somethings. Though crime in the area has dropped about 7 percent in the past year, city officials think the perception that downtown is a dangerous...

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Maria Fernanda Godinez, a 22-year-old from Cocoa, was out for a drink with friends at downtown Orlando's Vixen Bar early Tuesday morning when a stray bullet ended her life.
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